FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. XXXX NO. 240 | INDORE | TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 6, 2024 | PAGES 16 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; `3 r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in - COULDN’T END UP ON RIGHT SIDE OF RESULT: STOKES SPORTS EDIT PUSHBACK AGAINST CENTRAL POLICIES WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE 29.40c. 16.40c Sunrise : 07.05 Sunset : 06.17 DOUBLE BONANZA CINEMA INDORE TO BE BEGGAR FREE IN 15 DAYS ARRANGEMENT TO BE made for education of such children, says Collector Asheesh Singh in a meeting OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore Child begging is rampant at 27 squares and seven big temples of the city Indore will be child beggar free in next 15 days. Women and Chid Development Department has already constituted teams to end the menace. Besides, arrangements for education of such children too would be made. This was announced by collector Asheesh Singh during a time limit (TL) meeting held at Collector’s office on Monday . The collector directed officials to ensure that the city was cleared of child beggars within a fortnight. Programme officer of Women and Child 2 held for circulating fake MP board Class 10 Hindi paper OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Hours before the commencement of the MP Board Class 10 exams on Monday several pictures of , a Hindi paper went viral on social media, which was touted as the genuine paper, the city crime branch said. This triggered claims of paper leak, but the city crime branch confirmed that the paper being circulated was fake. Two persons were arrested in connection with the case, they said. Deputy commissioner of police (Crime), Shrutkirti Somwanshi said that the MP Board exams for Class 10 began on Monday and the , candidates were about to take the Hindi paper. The exams were supposed to begin at 9 am on Monday he , added. CHANDIGARH MAYORAL ELECTIONS MURDER OF DEMOCRACY, PROSECUTE RO, SAYS SC I NEW DELHI Photos of the paper were making rounds on social media on Monday morning, hours before the start of the exams He said early on Monday morning, several pictures of the Hindi paper began making rounds on numerous social media platforms, and the persons who had circulated it claimed that it was the genuine Hindi paper. Later, the paper turned out to be fake, and two persons have been arrested for the offence. CONTD. ON P6 The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Returning Officer who conducted the recent Chandigarh mayoral polls, observing it is obvious he defaced the ballot papers and that he should be prosecuted, adding his action amounted to "murder" and "mockery" of democracy . An "appalled" Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who headed a three-judge Division bench, said it will not allow democracy to be murdered like this and that the apex court will order fresh t is obvious that he (the RO) has defaced ballot papers.This man should be prosecuted. Look, why is he looking at the camera?... we are appalled. Is this the behaviour of a returning officer DY CHANDRACHUD, CJI elections if not satisfied with the purity of the poll process. Asking whether the Returning Officer(RO) is an officer or a fugitive, the court also ordered preservation of ballots and the video of the poll proceedings besides INDIA’ S GRAMMY WINNERS Five Indian musicians, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, singer Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram won the coveted prize. Hussain won three Grammys, Chaurasia won two, while the other three won one Grammy each. The award function was held at Los Angeles. DETAILS ON PG-6 PM MODI TURNS MOTION OF THANKS INTO POLL SPEECH ‘India to be 3rd largest eco in my 3rd tenure’ MPPSC WITNESSES PROTEST AGAINST EARLY EXAM OUR STAFF REPORTER / Indore In a first, Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC), which is generally criticised for delaying exams and results, on Monday witnessed a protest by candidates — who got through State Service Preliminary Exam-2023 –against rushed schedule of the main exam. In a fervent display of dissatisfaction, around 125 candidates, including girls, staged a sit-in outside MPPSC office from 2 pm till late night. DETAILS ON PG-3 NOTICE Due to a technical problem, Free Press is being printed in two parts. The snag will be rectified shortly. Inconvenience caused to readers is regretted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday exuded confidence that India will become the third largest economy in the world during his "third" tenure. Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, he said that in his "third term", the government will take a ‘big decision’ and lay the foundation of a prosperous India for 1,000 years. The general elections are due in April-May. In his hour and forty-five minute address he spoke on a range of issues but his main targets were the Gandhis, Congress and their first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. MODISPEAK ON RAHUL: Taking a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "Mohabbat ki dukaan" slogan, Modi said the Congress's "dukaan" -meaning shop -- is shutting down due to its efforts to "launch the same product over and over". ON NEHRU: "But ultimately who had created this (Kashmir) situation? Who had hit the country on the head? Who left this huge split in the constitution? If we name Nehru ji, they (the Congress) feel bad. But the problems that Kashmir had to face -- its root was in his policies," he said. ON CORRUPTION:"Agencies are taking action against corruption and there is outrage over it... Ten years ago in our Parliament, there were discussions on scams and the House demanded action every time. (But) today, when action is being CM MEETS MODI, SHAH, NADDA BHOPAL: Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP’s national president J P Nadda during his stay in Delhi on Monday. Yadav spoke about Modi’s proposed trip to Jhabua on February 11 to attend a conference of tribal people there. The CM also met Shah and gave him feedback on Swamittva Yojna and CM Kisan Yojna. Yadav also informed Shah about cyber Tehsil system and about the milk-processing plant being set up by Amul in Ujjain. Yadav also met Nadda and several ministers in the parliament house. Yadav invited all of them to the wedding ceremony of his son. taken against the corrupt, some people oppose it?" PREDICTING LS POLLS: I can gauge the mood of the nation, it will definitely give NDA more than 400 seats and the BJP at least 370 seats." ON CONGRESS PARTY: "The Congress party is responsible for the current condition of the opposition. The Congress got an opportunity to become a good opposition. However, they failed to fulfil their responsibility in the last ten years...," ON OPPOSITION: Taking a swipe at the INDIA Opposition bloc,, Modi said "If they can't trust each other, how will they trust the people," the Prime Minister said. CM's team has 3 IITians, one LSE pass-out Lavania, Walimbe & Gupta are from IIT OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Three IAS officers of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's team in the CM's secretariat are IIT pass-outs. Among the IAS officers recently transferred to the CM's Secretariat, there are three IITians - Avinash La- vania, Anshul Gupta and Chandrashekhar Walimbe. Aditi Garg, who has studied in London School of Economics, has been posted to the CM's Secretariat. Principal Secretary in CM's Secretariat Raghven- Development (WCD) Department Ramniwas Budholia said that child begging was rampant at 27 squares and seven big temples of the city . The WCD department has already constituted teams to initiate action at these hotspots, he added. The Collector also directed officials to make adequate arrangements for education of children freed of begging. “If necessary, children should be kept in hostels,” he added. Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat Siddharth Jain, additional collectors Gaurav Benal, Roshan Rai, Nisha Damor and officials of other departments concerned were present in the meeting. dra Singh is also an engineer. He has passed M Tech and MBA. A 2008-bach IAS officer Bharat Yadav, a secretaryrank officer, has done BA (English literature) and PG in political science. Lavania, who passed M Tech from IIT (Delhi), was selected in IAS in 2009. Gupta passed M Tech from IIT (Kharagpur) and MBA from IIM (Bangalore). Afterwards, he was selected in UPSC. In 2012, Gupta was selected for IPS but took the UPSC examination again and became an IAS officer in 2016. A 2010-batch IAS officer Walimbe passed B Tech from IIT (Kharagpur). CONTD. ON P6 seeking his personal appearance during the next hearing in the Chandigarh mayoral polls case on February 19. The top court gave the order after it took note of the allegations in the plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Kuldeep Kumar, who lost the mayoral poll, that the RO squiggled eight ballot papers of councillors of the Congress-AAP alliance, rendering them invalid. The BJP swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls on January 30, retaining all three posts, in a setback to the Congress-AAP alliance that alleged tampering with ballot papers by the presiding officer. Manoj Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Kumar polling 16 votes against his rival's 12 to bag the Mayor's post. CONTD. ON P6 Will remove 50% cap on quota if voted to power, says RaGa RANCHI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying when the demand for caste census was raised and the time came to give rights to OBCs, Dalits and tribals, the PM stated there are no castes, but when it is time to get votes, he says he is an OBC. He also alleged that the BJP tried to topple the JMM-Congress-RJD government in Jharkhand as the chief minister was a tribal. "Want to congratulate all alliance MLAs, (Champai) Soren ji as that they stopped the BJPRSS conspiracy and protected the government of the poor," Gandhi said at a rally at the Shaheed Maidan held here during his Manipur-to-Maharashtra Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Gandhi claimed that Dalits, tribals, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were made bonded labourers and their participation was lacking in big companies, hospitals, schools, colleges and courts. CONTD. ON P6 Amid brainstorming in Congress, Nakul announces candidature from Chhindwara BHOPAL: Member of Parliament Nakul Nath son of former chief minister Kamal Nath announce his candidature from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency, while addressing a public meeting held in Parasia of the district, on Monday. The Congress party members of the screening committee are brainstorming on the names of the possible candidates for the LS elections, the Congress leader announce his name for the constituency. CONTD. ON P6